Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Minor League Scorebook

News

The Travs' Corey Smith and Ogden's Travis Vetters both made Offensive
Player of the Week; Smith hit six homers in a four-game
stretch, while Vetters was 4-for-4 Tuesday at Idaho Falls and
hit a first-inning grand slam.

A lot going on for the Angels in this week's Pitchers
of the Week awards, as Rancho Cucamonga's Jordan Walden,
Robert Fish at Cedar Rapids, and Orem's Jose Perez all got the
nod in their respective leagues.

"Every night, I go home and I think, 'Man, I hope I did
something that sparked their interest, will make them give me a
shot,' " Lindsey said Sunday after Las Vegas' 8-3 loss to
Sacramento at Cashman Field. "It's a cliché, but I just gotta
keep working hard. I guess they stack what they want to use in
the big leagues, and until something happens or a change is
made, it is what it is."

"He's not in awe of anything in this game. When he put a big
league uniform on, he played like a big leaguer and felt like he
belonged. That's real important," 51s manager Lorenzo Bundy
said. "A lot of guys go up there and get in awe of the
situation, but Blake wasn't in awe. He held his own up there for
quite a while."

Sean O'Sullivan keeps racking up the wins, getting his eleventh win in
his last fourteen starts, and eleven of twelve decisions in that span,
during which time he has a 3.40 ERA and a 6.29 K/9, with a 2.65 K/BB
and six quality starts.

Rancho pounded out a duo of three-run innings in the third and fifth,
with Ryan Mount driving in two on a homer in the third, and Drew
Toussaint's RBI single capping scoring in the fifth.